Snapchat

American

[snap-chat] / ˈsnæpˌtʃæt /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

a brand name for an image messaging service and application, through which users can share images that may be private and temporary or public and stored for retrieval.

Etymology

Origin of Snapchat

First recorded in 2011; snap ( def. ) + chat ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Meta, even Snapchat and TikTok settled before going to trial.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

More than 940 million people use Snapchat every month on average.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The parent of Snapchat announced plans to lay off around 16% of its global full-time employees and lean into artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In December Australia became the first country in the world to require TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and other top sites to remove accounts held by under-16s, or face heavy fines.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

And I try telling her it will be much better for me to watch silly Snapchat videos than to watch the news and see protests getting uglier and uglier.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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